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Explore the intellectual movement that revolutionized Europe's ideas in the 18th century. Uncover the philosophies of enlightened thinkers such as Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, and the impact of the Declaration of Independence. Discover the principles of equality, natural rights, and the pursuit of happiness that forever changed the course of history.
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What Started this new way of thinking? The Enlightenment is an intellectual movement which dominated the world of ideas in Europe in the 18th century The word “Enlightenment” is defined as being made aware of.
Enlightened philosopher Thomas Hobbes
Enlightened philosopher John Locke
Declaration of independence When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
